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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the cashier confirm to the narrator?
(a) There is a good Sri Lankan restaurant thirty miles away.
(b) His cousin teaches him a few words spoken in Sri Lanka.
(c) He is from Sri Lanka.
(d) There is a huge community of Sri Lankans in London.

2. Alone in the house, Triton falls asleep. When he is awakened by a sound, what does he think it is?
(a) A robber.
(b) Stray cat.
(c) Mr. Salgado returning.
(d) Wind knocking a window open.

3. What languages does the cashier say he speaks?
(a) Turkish and French.
(b) Tamil and a little English.
(c) Hebrew and French.
(d) Hindi and a little English.

4. Who stumbles towards the narrator and the cashier as the two are engrossed in conversation?
(a) Distraught child.
(b) Drunk man.
(c) Police officer.
(d) Mutual friend.

5. Meticulous when it comes to creating lists, what does the narrator log after servicing his car?
(a) Date, time, and paint batch number.
(b) Date, time, and battery model number.
(c) Month, day, year, and length of car wash.
(d) Mileage, date, and gasoline volume.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who used to own the car that belongs to the narrator at the start of the story?

2. After taking care of his car, what does the narrator do at the start of the story?

3. With Joseph gone, Triton goes from being houseboy to being ___.

4. After the cashier shares information about himself with the narrator, what does he ask?

5. What does Triton say when Mr. Salgado asks him if he has any schooling?

Short Essay Questions

1. In "Part 1, Kolla", why is Triton left alone in Mr. Salgado's house?

2. During their first meeting, how does Triton reply when Mr. Salgado asks if he's been to school?

3. Why does the gas station cashier want the narrator to speak with his boss?

4. When he is a boy, why does Triton regard Mr. Salgado's house as the "center of the universe"?

5. When the cashier asks the narrator if he lives close by, what does the man reply?

6. Describe the Volkswagen introduced in the first part of the book.

7. Describe the relationship between Triton and Mr. Salgado.

8. What does Triton do right after he fills up the tank of his old Volkswagen?

9. Describe the relationship between Triton and Joseph.

10. What happens in 1962, when Triton's narration begins?

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